Improvement in shirt-studs



UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

EDWARD W. AYERELL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE FOURTH HIS RIGHTTO HORACE BARNARD, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHlRT-STUDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 160,865, dated March16, 1875; application filed February 1, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it khown that I, EDWARD WOODRUFF AVERELL, of the city, county, andState of New York, have invented an Improvement in Shirt-Studs; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full and correct description of thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figurel is a front view. Fig. 2 is a side View; Fig. 3, a rear view, and Fig.4. a perspective view and a sectional view.

The object of my invention is to fasten securely buttons or studs todresses, shirts, shoes, or other garments by means of a fastening formedby a complete oval or circular spring, having the end at the point ofcontact with the oval. or circle a little deflected and sharpened, so asto facilitate its entry into the material of the garment to which it isapplied, either through holes prepared or through the body of thematerial, and with a slight groove or depression in the heel of thespring, to keep the end in contact with the heel, forming a completeoval or circle. My invention consists in forming this spring in threesections namely, a part perpendicular to the back of the stud or button,forming a shank; a part bent at right angles, or nearly so, to, saidshank; and a circular part, with the end coming in contact with theheel, (with or without a depression to keep it in place,) forming acomplete circle, surrounding said perpendicular part as a center, andsaid part bent at right angles as a radius.

In the drawings, A represents the button or stud; B, the shank, and Gthe circular spring. The shank B is secured to the back of the button Ain the usual manner, and is of sufficient length to allow the goods towhich the button or stud is to be fastened to pass between the back ofthe button and the circular spring 0. Projecting at right angles to theshank Bis the part a, of suflicient length to form a radius to thecircular spring 0. From the end of said radius 0, projects the circularspring 0, and continues until the end comes in contact with the place ofbeginning, or heel e, as seen in Fig. 3. At the junction of the end ofthe spring 0 and the heel 0.

there may bea groove in the heel e, for the admission of the end of thespring; or, if the spring be sufficiently stiff and rigid, the groovemay be omitted. The end of the spring 0, near the place of contact withthe heel e, is deflected outside of the circular spring, and may bepointed to facilitate the insertion of the spring into the fabric. Thecircular spring may be flattened, so as to increase its elasticityWithout increasing its weight.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The circular spring-fastening of a stud or button, provided with agroove or depression in the heel, to keep the end of the spring inplace, substantially as described.

2. In a spring-tastening for a stud or button, the combination of ashank, a circular spring flattened in the plane of its circle, adeflected point, and a groove or depression, substantially as and forthe purpose described. 4 The above specification of my said inventionsigned and witnessed, at New York city, this 28th day of January, A. D.1875.

EDWARD WOODRUFF AVE HELL. Witnesses:

HORACE BARNARD, CHARLES NETTLETON.

